跋前疐後 in Chinese

IPA: /pä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pɐt̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡siː³³ hɐu̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/, /pɐt̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡siː³³ hɐu̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: báqiánzhìhòu [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄓˋ ㄏㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bat⁶ cin⁴ zi³ hau⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], báqiánzhìhòu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], báciánjhìhhòu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pa²-chʻien²-chih⁴-hou⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], bá-chyán-jr̀-hòu [Mandarin, Yale], barchyanjyhhow [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бацяньчжихоу [Mandarin, Palladius], bacjanʹčžixou [Mandarin, Palladius], baht chìhn ji hauh [Cantonese, Yale], bat⁹ tsin⁴ dzi³ hau⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bed⁶ qin⁴ ji³ heo⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Originally from the Classic of Poetry (《詩》), 《豳風·狼跋》: 狼跋其胡，載疐其尾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]狼跋其胡，载疐其尾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Láng bá qí hú, zǎi zhì qí wěi. [Pinyin] The wolf springs forward on his dewlap, Or trips back on his tail. Han Yu wrote in the 9th century: 然而公不見信於人，私不見助於友，跋前疐後，動輒得咎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]然而公不见信于人，私不见助于友，跋前疐后，动辄得咎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: c. 813, Han Yu, "On Encouraging Scholarship" (《進學解》) Rán'ér gōng bù jiàn xìn yú rén, sī bù jiàn zhù yú yǒu, báqiánzhìhòu, dòngzhé dé jiù. [Pinyin] Yet you, in public affairs, fail to gain the trust of others. In private, none of your friends are willing to help you. You go forward and step on your dewlap, and step back only to trip on your tail. As soon as you move at all, you incur fault upon yourself. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|《詩》}} 《詩》, {{lang|zh|《豳風·狼跋》}} 《豳風·狼跋》, {{zh-x|狼 @跋其胡，載 @疐其尾。|The wolf springs forward on his dewlap, Or trips back on his tail.|collapsed=yes|ref=Shijing}} 狼跋其胡，載疐其尾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]狼跋其胡，载疐其尾。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.] From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version Láng bá qí hú, zǎi zhì qí wěi. [Pinyin] The wolf springs forward on his dewlap, Or trips back on his tail., {{circa|813}} c. 813, {{lang|zh|《進學解》}} 《進學解》, {{zh-x|然而公不見信於人，私不見助於友，跋前疐後，動輒得咎。|Yet you, in public affairs, fail to gain the trust of others. In private, none of your friends are willing to help you. You go forward and step on your dewlap, and step back only to trip on your tail. As soon as you move at all, you incur fault upon yourself.|CL|collapsed=yes|ref=c. 813, Han Yu, "On Encouraging Scholarship" (《進學解》)}} 然而公不見信於人，私不見助於友，跋前疐後，動輒得咎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]然而公不见信于人，私不见助于友，跋前疐后，动辄得咎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.] From: c. 813, Han Yu, "On Encouraging Scholarship" (《進學解》) Rán'ér gōng bù jiàn xìn yú rén, sī bù jiàn zhù yú yǒu, báqiánzhìhòu, dòngzhé dé jiù. [Pinyin] Yet you, in public affairs, fail to gain the trust of others. In private, none of your friends are willing to help you. You go forward and step on your dewlap, and step back only to trip on your tail. As soon as you move at all, you incur fault upon yourself. Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 跋前疐後

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        "1": "狼 @跋 其 胡，載 @疐 其 尾。",
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      "zh-pron": "bat⁶ cin⁴ zi³ hau⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "barchyanjyhhow"
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      "zh-pron": "бацяньчжихоу"
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      "zh-pron": "bacjanʹčžixou"
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      "ipa": "/pä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/",
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      "zh-pron": "baht chìhn ji hauh"
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      "zh-pron": "bat⁹ tsin⁴ dzi³ hau⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "bed⁶ qin⁴ ji³ heo⁶"
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      "ipa": "/pɐt̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡siː³³ hɐu̯²²/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/pä³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐt̚² t͡sʰiːn²¹ t͡siː³³ hɐu̯²²/"
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  "word": "跋前疐後"
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"跋前疐後" meaning in Chinese

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